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Psychotherapist Susie Orbach contends that the globalized world is suffering from a warped sense of beauty.  

“I wish we could treat our bodies as a place where we live from, rather than a place to be worked on, as though it were a disagreeable old kitchen in need of renovation and update,” she went on to say. 

ME, TOO!!!

After all, where did we get the idea that our bodies were primarily made to be looked at instead of lived in?

In our current culture, it doesn’t matter if the body works well, feels good or is healthy.  It just has to LOOK beautiful.  Skinny, taut, flawless.

Ridiculous.

When you lead a relatively disciplined lifestyle – no smoking, no drinking, no meat, no…. well you get it – so, as I was saying, when you give up all manner of sinful excess, it’s easy to feel entitled to a little sweet treat now and then.

You know, the delicious melt of dark chocolate Kisses on the roof of your mouth.  The happy little hum that accompanies a bowlful of Ben and Jerry’s fat-free-if-you-please Fro-Yo.  The utter creativity of a few strawberries dipped in sour cream then plunged into a dish of soft brown sugar.

YUM. 

I mean – what’s the harm?

Well, the problem for some of us is that the ‘now and then’ quickly becomes more now than then.

And as the sweets increase, so do the sinus infections, skin rashes, highs and lows, not to mention the pounds.

It all seems pretty unfair.  In fact, I find it downright annoying. 

But that’s the way it is.  Oh, I can have sugar.  After all, it’s legal.  In fact, it’s more than plentiful in everyday foods.  I just have be prepared for the consequences.